“This proclamation truly means more to me than a Grammy or any other award could.”
Joanna Newsom made a rare public appearance as her hometown of Nevada City officially declared Joanna Newsom Day.
Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92
He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family
“Now he is in what he used to refer to as ‘the great lecture hall in the sky,’” his son, Christian, reflected
Well well well.
An Israeli army unit called the "Legitimization Cell” was "assigned to identify Gaza-based journalists it could portray as undercover Hamas operatives, in an effort to blunt growing global outrage over Israel’s killing of reporters" https://t.co/SdYMFPkvyN
What is there to say anymore? Approximately 15 minutes after bombing Nasser Hospital, the genocidal regime bombs it again, live on air, killing the rescue workers and reporters who'd gone to the location.
Today a protester was shot in the head as Los Angeles riot police fired rubber bullets, during an anti-ICE protest. Community members say police refused to call an ambulance despite her bleeding. Her current condition is unknown.
In solidarity with the movement in Los Angeles and elsewhere across the US, we've made Joshua Clover's Riot. Strike. Riot free to download.
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May 1st is May Day, a festival of working-class self-organization stretching back over 135 years.
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Rewatching “Twin Peaks: The Return”, and it feels like a show about the collapse of any sense of connection or continuity in contemporary American life.
This is true even in the show’s structure: “Twin Peaks” is no longer an ensemble, but a series of disconnected vignettes.
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U.S. Marines killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, and documented the aftermath. For years, the military has tried to keep the photos from the public. The New Yorker is now publishing newly obtained images. https://t.co/MsiUmGEflE
As World Central Kitchen confirm, Israel slaughtered their aid workers despite:
1) Travelling in a deconflicted zone
2) Travelling in cars branded with the WCK logo
3) Coordinating movements with the IDF
4) Leaving a warehouse
How can this not be intentional? How?